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Carolina Guerra

We can do it!

We can do it!

8 March 2012

The front cover of the “We can do it!” issue of Making It has been the subject of many appreciative comments but also quite a few asking about the origins of the image. Here is a brief explanation.

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Issue 8 – We can do it!

Issue 8 – We can do it!

23 November 2011

‘Women hold up half the sky’ is a Chinese proverb affirming women’s equal contribution to the human experience but it is an aspirational, rather than a factual, claim. In developed and developing countries alike, gender gaps persist in education, health, work, wages and political participation. For this issue of Making It, the theme is gender […]

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Engineering eco-friendly solutions

Engineering eco-friendly solutions

1 November 2011

Carolina Guerra is a pioneering eco-entrepreneur from Colombia who turns hazardous waste into useful products. In October 2011, she won the prestigious Cartier Women’s Initiative Award for Latin America

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